Shawn Amos

Musician

1967-09-13

Quotes by Shawn Amos

• Her makeup, hair and general quirkiness overshadow the fact that Cyndi Lauper was one the most soulful chicks to come out of the '80s.

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• Leave a movie audience inspired, and they will want to ingrain that movie into their lives with the toys, branded food products, soundtracks, and clothing they buy.

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• The rise of digital technology put marketers in a bind. No longer a captive audience, consumers were splitting their time across devices, social networks and websites.

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• Year after year, we see a new crop of musicians who do their best to look tough in lipstick and makeup. Maybe it's a cry for help, an admission of their strong feminine side, or the realization that they don't look so good any other way. Whatever the reason, makeup is as rock n' roll as a Marshall stack.

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• Susan Boyle having a meltdown is not controversial. It's human for a 48-year-old recluse to get a little wigged out when she finds herself on the world stage overnight.

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• Depending on your political orientation, the Dixie Chicks are either the great defenders of free speech or American traitors.

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• Technology has the benefit of being easily scalable. A few weeks or months of coding can result in solutions that reap huge benefits. The global success of Facebook, Twitter, and Google are all triumphs of technology.

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• Many cities make music, but no city breathes music quite like Memphis. The songs and sounds that come from here are uniquely American.

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• The combination of cheaper and more widespread broadband and increased mobile usage is turning us all into independent viewers.

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• 'Morsel' is a perfect word. Forming those six letters on the lips and tongue prompts an instantaneous physiological reaction. The mouth waters. The lips purse.

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• Long before Wesley Snipes decided he didn't need to pay the IRS, Willie Nelson was dodging the tax men.

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• A few performances have been left out of the various Woodstock soundtracks and film edits over the years, most notably The Grateful Dead.

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• The Woodstock dove on the iconic poster is really a catbird. And it was originally perched on a flute.

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• When Woodstock ended on Monday morning, over 600 acres of garbage was left behind on Max Yasgur's farm. It took over 400 volunteers and $100,000 to remove it all.

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• Woodstock was a business. A very poorly run business.

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